#amnesty

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#expensive #magnanimity #offenders #punish #state

I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#around #because #fair #i #immigration

Amnesty is the magnet. Other magnets that you mentioned are anchor babies who get benefits in this country and employer deductions for employees, even if they are here illegally, which Mr. King is addressing. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#amnesty #anchor #babies #benefits #country

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#american people #amnesty #closing #enforcement #enforcing

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#amnesty #both #both sides #give #good

Amnesty International continues to report that extra judicial tortures and murders continue. This is not democracy that we are exporting to Mexico, and this is certainly not what the Mexican workers signed up for. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

#certainly #continue #continues #democracy #exporting

There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty International. I don't buy that. ↗

— Chris Morris

#buy #explain #fiction #i #international

After granting amnesty to illegals 20 years ago, we have gone from 3 million illegals to 11 million illegals. Our government has been fooled once by this amnesty argument, let us not be fooled again. ↗

— Ric Keller

#again #ago #amnesty #argument #been

That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have attacked or killed American service members is not just shocking - the idea of amnesty for insurgents is an outrage. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#amnesty #attacked #considering #deal #government

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#because #breaking #law #people #policy